Nanocomposite organic solvent nanofiltration membranes by a highly-efficient mussel-inspired co-deposition strategy

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 526, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-42

  Xu, Yan Chao ^a   Tang, Yu Pan ^b   Liu, Li Fen ^c,d   Guo, Zhan Hu ^e   Shao, Lu ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Zhejiang University of Technology   (China)

^e University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Catechol; Co deposition; Nanocomposite membrane; Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN); Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEPOSITION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; MOLLUSCS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFILTRATION; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHENOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; STRIPPING (DYES);

CATECHOL; CO DEPOSITION; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ORGANIC SOLVENT NANOFILTRATION (OSN); POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

CATECHOL; DIMETICONE; NANOCOMPOSITE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MICHAEL ADDITION; MUSSEL; NANOFILTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85006759471     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.12.026     Document Type: Article

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